A Google account serves as foundation for the authentication and authorization to different services, including the services provided by Google, but not limited to (e.g. your Google account can also be used as authentication for the StackExchange sites).
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birthday duplicates after removing google account and adding it again
After removing my Google-Account on my HTC One S and adding it again, i recognized that all birthdays stored with contacts are in my calendar twice. When i change birthday at some contact, there is ...
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Unable to access Google account in Android Market on HTC Desire HD
After resetting factory settings, I am not able to access my Google account in Gmail / Market / Talk. Whenever I try to "sign-in" to Android Market using Google account, it shows error with title as ...
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Cannot connect my Galaxy Ace to my Google account
I have 'Market' and every time I attempt to log into it using my Google account it says that it 'Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server.'
Any idea what could be done to get it ...
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How is a Nexus device “provisioned” when you buy it from Google?
I noticed during checkout for the Nexus 4 that you are given the option to have it provisioned:
When purchasing a Nexus device from Google Play, you'll notice a 'Link this device to my Google ...
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Lost all my contacts after flashing custom rom (sg2)
I got a Galaxy S2 as an upgrade from my HTC Hero around January this year. My phone contacts have always been synced to my Gmail account and the backup worked since I got all my contacts on my SGS2 ...
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How to sync contacts in one direction only — from phone to Google?
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Android 2.3.
I just lost a lot of time after syncing contacts -- executed from the phone. I assumed that all the changes will be transferred to Google account (as initially) but ...
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Problem in setting up google account - “couldn't open connection to server.”
I had just installed custom ROM cynogenmod-9(ICS) in my S Plus device and now I am not able to add Google Account in my android device. It gives the following error message,
Couldn't finish
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Using a separate account for Play Store purchases
My family own a number of Android devices. We each have our own google account but ther is no credit-card linked to any of them. I'd like to keep it that way. But occasionally, I'd like to buy an app, ...
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Can't use Google Account on Android 2.3
I have an LG Phoenix with Android 2.3 and I just recently did a factory reset, and now when I go to add my Google account, it won't let me add it. After I entered in my username (...@outlook.com) and ...
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Empty SIM contacts list, but they still show up in contact details
I use solely Google contacts as my contacts repository and display only the Google "My Contacts" group in my contacts list.
When looking at contacts details, most of them have in the "connection" ...
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Privacy level with an anonymous account?
I am interested in the currently achievable levels of privacy on an Android device. As far as I understand it, the best one can do is not to activate a Google account. However, even then significant ...
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Received Contact via WhatsApp is stored in Phone - How to move it to Google without loosing the image
for some time now I'm experiencing the following issue: When I someone sends me a contact via WhatsApp it is stored in my phone and not my Google address book.
How can I move this thing to Google or ...
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Recover password with phone logged in? Need to set up additional device
I bought a new android tablet but I can't remember my google acoount password.
I can't reset it because my phone is already logged in. It says I need to be logged off for 4 days.
Is there a way to ...
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Second google account never shows up
I want to add a Google account to use as the primary (paying) account in Google Play.
I have tried to add the account in the Google Play app or in settings under Accounts and sync. I get no error, ...
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Google two-step identification not working on my phone
I just turned on two-step identification on my Google account. It works fine on my desktop. It also works fine on my iPad with help of application-specific password.
But I have troubles with my HTC ...
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how to sort my contacts from pc on google account to most frequently used. not including the default email list
How can I sort my contact list from my PC to show the most-used contacts or most-recently-used from my Google account without my Android in hand? This does not include the default 20-most-contacted ...
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Default calendar doesn't show any calendar; not able to create a new one
My tablet runs Android 4.0.3. The stock calendar app complains that there's no calendar available, however I'm pretty sure that my calendar exists because I can read it online through other devices. I ...
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Create a Gmail address for a Google account but use another email as the login
I want to add a Gmail address to my account (that I will not use) but I don't want that address to be my main address (i.e. my login) for Google, because I already use me@example.com everywhere.
I ...
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Loss of Chrome bookmarks on android
I just experienced a curious situation, so:
I bookmarked some tabs in incognito mode in android Chrome, but when my cell phones shut down and rebooted, it seems that these bookmarks are gone!
Is ...
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Unable to set up my google account on HTC Wildfire
I have an old (ish) HTC Wildfire phone that I have been given for work and I need to set up my Google account to enable me to use the Market Place (Updates and downloading apps) and sync my contacts ...
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How to synchronize only Google contacts?
When I enable sync for contacts even my Google+ pics get synchronized. I don't want my Google+ pics in my gallery, so I tried clearing data/cache of Gallery app. Well those synced pics gone, but when ...
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Cannot add Google account for Playstore, SSL not working
I had Google Playstore installed on my Android 2.2 mobile. But unfortunately when I went to service centre the mobile was resetted to factory settings and all my data was lost.
Thereafter when I ...
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Credential mismatch when trying to add Google account
I am not able to enter my google account credentials on my Android phone. It keeps saying that username and password do not match but at the same time it opens with the same username and password in ...
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Duplicate message thread for same contact
I have a strange problem, occurred after I added a new number to my contacts (google).
In the message lists I have a duplicated thread for this contact (only for this one)
As you can see below the ...
